Mountains of Stars offers astronomy-based programs and activities to help people better understand humankind’s place on Earth and our connection with the environment.
As society becomes more technological and our impact on the environment grows, understanding science and our interaction with the environment is more critical than ever.
Guests will be able to look through the telescope before the presentation. Open to the public.
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Douglas Arion, PhD is the Executive Director of Mountains of Stars, and is Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy and Donald D. Hedberg Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Entrepreneurial Studies at Carthage College. He is deeply concerned about human impact on the environment, and founded Mountains of Stars to change attitudes and actions of the public by instilling ‘environmental awareness from a cosmic perspective’.
He co-founded Galileoscope, a worldwide project to provide high quality, low cost telescopes for worldwide promotion of science education and outreach. More than 260,000 are now in use in over 110 countries. He was the driving force in the creation of the AMC Maine Woods International Dark Sky Park, which protects over 100,000 acres of land in the last dark sky region of the eastern United States.
Prior to Carthage, Arion was head of the Applied Physics and Engineering Division and Assistant Vice President at Science Applications International Corporation (now Leidos), developing and directing research in radiation effects, space systems, and electro- and optical-mechanical systems.
He is a Lifetime member of the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) and Dark Sky International, is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and has received the Distinguished Service Award from Sigma Pi Sigma (the physics honorary society), the Volunteer Leadership Award from the AMC, and the Dark Sky Defender award from DarkSky. He serves on dark sky preservation commissions of both the American Astronomical Society and International Astronomical Union (IAU), and is an IAU International Dark Sky Ambassador.
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